Afghanistan International has learned from at least one eyewitness and family members of two victims that the number of Afghan migrants killed on the Turkey-Iran border may be more than the eight whose bodies have been found in recent days.
Munir Khan Safi told Afghanistan International that his brother, Hamid Safi, died on Thursday night in the Iran-Turkey border area. He said the case is separate from the deaths of eight migrants whose bodies were reported earlier and whose bodies are now in Van, Turkey.
Afghanistan International has seen documents showing that Hameed, the son of Abdul Qayyum, was about 22 years old and was from Imam Sahib district in Kunduz province.
Hamed started his journey with his friend Janaid Jafouri. Junaid, 20, told Afghanistan International that his friend had lost his life.
Hamed's family said that this young man's body is now being kept in a government morgue in the Chaldaran border region of Iran. Afghanistan International also saw a picture of Hamed's body.